Soap-container.



H. F. PRESCOTT.

SOAP CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY31, 1913.

1,108,083. Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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HERBERT F. PRESCOTT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SOAP-CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, I'IERBERT F. PRESCOTT,

a citizen of the United States of America, residingat Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap- Containers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompan ing drawings.

My invention relates to a soap container and more particularly to a container for liquid soap adapted for use with a wash board.

The invention consists in the provision of a simple devicethat ma be easily and cheaply manufactured; in a structure that may be applied to wash-boards of varying sizes; in a device which when applied to a wash-board, and in use, is in proper position to discharge the soap onto the working face of the board but when not in use will not interfere with the operation of washing; further in certain details of construction and arrangements of parts as will more fully hereinafter appea In the drawings,l igure l is a perspective View of a wash-board with my improved device applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the container and its support; and Fig. 8 is a side elevation thereof.

A designates the wash board having the working face B thereof of usual construction, and G is a guard extendin above the working face to adjacent the top of the board. This guard extends from the front face B rearwardly and is secured to the ides D of the board at their rear edges E.

F is the receptacle or container proper for the liquid soap, and while it may be of any desired configuration, preferably is elongated andrather shallow in. width. This receptacle provided with a plurality of perforations G adjacent the inner, upper edge I-I thereof, and is connected in any suitable manner, as by soldering to a rod I, the

latter being arranged adjacent the forward.

top edge J ofthereceptacle F. The rod I has the ends thereof projecting upon opposite side of the member F and these projections are ournaled in suitable supports upon the board A. Preferably the projections on the rod are arranged within tubular members K having flattened ends L secured by means of screws or other suitable devices M to the sides D. Within each of the mem-,

bers K is interposed a coil-spring N.- By

, members V Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 31, 1913.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Serial No. 771,020. g p a this arrangement the springs N normally hold'the container F centrally between the K, but when it is desired to remove the -receptacle F it is merely necessary to move it to one side, against the tension of one of the springs, until one of the projecting ends of the member I is disengaged from one of the members K. The opposite end of the member I may then be readily withdrawn from the other bearing K.

When attached to the board the flattened ends of the members K are secured to the front edges 0 of the sides D, which positions the container within the space in rear of the edges 0 and therefore, the container will not interfere with the operation of washing.

In use the receptacle or container for the liquid soap is normally suspended as shown in Fig. 1. hen it is desired to discharge the contents onto the board the member F is rocked outwardly by hand until the re ceptacle is inverted, when the liquid soap will discharge from the perforations G. W'hen released, the receptacle will return to its normal position.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a wash-board including the working face and the spaced sides having portions extending above the working face, and a guard extending from the working face rearwardly, forming a space between said guard and the plane of the front edges of said sides, of a comparatively narrow receptacle for liquid soap arrangedwithin said space and having the front face thereof substantially within the plane of the outer edges of the sides, said receptacle having a perforated top, and a pivotal connection between the sides of the receptacle permitting the inverting of the latter upon an outward rocking movement of the bottom of the receptacle.

2. The combination with a wash board including the working face and the spaced sides having port-ions extending above the working face, and a guard extending from the working face rearwardly, forming a space between said guard and the plane of the front edges of said sides, of a comparatively narrow receptacle for liquid soap ar-' ranged within said space and having the front face thereof substantially within the plane of the outer edges of the sides, said receptacle having a perforated top, a pivotal connection between the sides of the receptacle permitting the inverting of the latter upon an outward rocking movement of the bottom of the receptacle, said connection comprising a rod extending longitudinally of and connected to the receptacle adjacent the outer edge of the top, and pivotal connections between the rod and said sides.

3. The combination With. a comparatively narrow receptacle provided with, a perforated top, of a rod rigidly connected to the top adjacent one edge thereof, tubular members sleeved upon opposite ends of the rod,

springs interposed between the ends of the rod and the bases of the tubular members, the latter being provided with apertured, flattoned outer ends, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

HERBERT F. PRESCOTT.

Vitnesses JAMES P. BARRY, HENRI E. BOWMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, I). C." i 

